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G. E. KEATOR.

HAT POUNGING MACHINE.

No. 338,975. Patented Mar. 30, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEO CHARLES E. KEATOR, OF BROOKLYN, ASSIGNOR TO ROBERT DUNLAP, OF

NEV YORK, N. Y.

HAT-POUNCING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 338,975, dated March 30, 1886.

Application filed December 10, 1885. Serial No. 185,279. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES E. KEATOR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county ofKings and State of New York, have invented new and nsefnh Improvements in Hat-Pouncing Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention consists in certain novel features in the construction of a hatpouncing machine, which are fully pointed out in the following specification and claims, and illus' trated in the accompanying drawings, in Which Figure I represents a sectional front view. Fig. 2 is a section on the line :c x, Fig. l.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

In the drawings, the letter A designates the frame of the machine, on which are mounted thejonrnal-boxes B of the shaft C. Two friction-gears, D and E, connected by a sleeve, F, are mounted on this shaft in such a way that they slide loosely on the same, but turn with it when the shaft is rotated. In one end ot the sleeve F is cut a groove, a, which is embraced by the forked end of a bell-crank lever, G, having its fulcrum at b in astandard, H, while its other end is connected to the footlever I, having its fulcrum at c in the standard J. The pouncing-block K, to which it is intended to give a revolving motion which may be reversed at will, is mounted on an upright shaft, d, having its bearing in ajournal-boX, L, secured to the table M. On the lower end of this upright shaft is mounted a friction-gear, N, which can be brought into frictional contact either with the friction-gear D or E, one of which will cause the ponncingblock to revolve in one direction while the other will cause it to revolve in the other.

The sleeve F, which carries the two frictiongears D and E, slides on the shaft C, so that either of these gears may be brought into contact with the friction-gear N, and is operated by the foot-lever I through the bell-crank lever G. A spring. e, one of which is secured to the frame A and the other to the bell-crank lever G, imparts to the latter a tendency to keep the friction gears E and N in contact with each other,and also to raise the footlever I, so that when this lever is depressed the bellcrank lever will be turned against the action of the spring e,and the frictiongears E and N will be separated andthe pouncingblock will stand still, or, if the friction-gear D is brought into contact with the gear N,the motion of the block will be reversed. A rack-plate, O, secured to the frame A, serves to hold the footlever in either of the above positions.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. In a hat-pouucing machine, the combination,with the pouncing-block K,of the gears D E N, the shalt C, bell-crank lever G, footlever I, and the spring e, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a hat-pouncing machine. the combination,with the pouncing-block K,of the gears D E N, the shaft C, the bell-crank lever G, foot-lever I, the spring e, and the rack-plate O, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES E. KEATOR. [L s] Vitnesses:

E. F. KASTENHUBER, VILLIAM MILLER. 

